CleanTempDirectoryJob Errors After Upgrading Confluence
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Summary
After upgrading Confluence, several CleanTempDirectoryJob errors are shown in the logs.
Environment
Confluence 7.4.5
Diagnosis
The following appears in atlassian-confluence.log:
2020-12-09 04:00:00,013 ERROR [Caesium-1-3] [confluence.importexport.impl.CleanTempDirectoryJob] runJob Failed to delete /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/temp/scaledImages
2020-12-09 04:00:00,014 ERROR [Caesium-1-3] [confluence.importexport.impl.CleanTempDirectoryJob] runJob Failed to delete /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/temp/plantuml656436246909289525.pngCause 1
The user running Confluence does not have permissions to the temp directory.
Cause 2
If permissions are correct, check if the temp folder is symlinked to another directory outside of the local home as follows:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23 Oct 1 16:15 temp -> shared-home/node1-temp/Solution for Cause 1 - Permissions
Please verify that the user running Confluence has full permissions for the Confluence Install and Home directory covered in Confluence Home and other important directories.
As a best-practice, clear out the <confluence-home>/temp directory.
Solution for Cause 2 - Symlink
As described in the following document, it is not possible to symlink the contents of the local home folder. With that in mind, remove the symlink and move the contents back to local-home/temp, or perform a manual clean-up.